Capoeta antalyensis

Capoeta antalyensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Capoeta
Species: C. antalyensis
Binomial name
Capoeta antalyensis
(Battalgil, 1943)

Capoeta antalyensis, the "Pamphylian scraper", is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Turkey in the Aksu and Köprüçay River drainages, which flow south into the Gulf of Antalya in the Mediterranean. Its lives in swiftly flowing streches of rivers, but also found in lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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